Roller-bearing.



L. D. FHEELAND.

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Patented Deo. 25, `1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LLOYD D. FBEELAND, 0F HALBBITE, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA., ASSIGNOB T0 WILLIAM J. H. STRONG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ROLLER-BEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

Original application tiled March 27, 1915, Serial No. 17,568. Divided and this application med August` 8,

` 1916. Serial No. 112,945.

To' all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LLOYD D. FnnnLAND, citizen of the United States, residing at Halbrite, Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roller-Bearings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description `of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which lit appertains to makeand use tlie'same.

My invention relates to journal bearings and has special reference to roller bearings.

The object of my invention is to 'provide a lroller bearing of simple `construction, whichcan be manufacturedat relatively low cost; which shall becapable ofbeing easily adjusted to tit the journal upon which it is used; which shall be durable; which shall be adapted for use upon connecting rods as Well as in stationary' positions, and-which can be easily and quickly installed* A further object of `my invention is to provide a roller bearing which shall be noiseless in itsfoperati'on, particularly when applied to situations where the lateralthrust changes direction.

` My invention consists in a. roller bearing having a frame-work upon-which are mounted a ring of rollers of relatively large diameter, and constituting a roller bearing adapted for use on a stationary 'support to form a stationary bearing, or to form the crank pin bearing on a connecting rod, or the like, the framework being resilient and split or divided at one point of its circumference, and joined by a tension member for adjusting same to fit the shaft or journal to which it is applied.

My invention also consists in the several features of construction `and in the arrangements and combinations of parts by means of which I am enabled to attain the above-mentioned and other objects, and all as hereinafter describedy and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

This present application is a divisional application, the subject-matter thereof having been first presented in my copending application for patent on motor driven fan, filed March 27, 1915, Ser. No. 17,568.

M 'invention will be more readily understoo by reference to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

and in whichr Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of emptor-driven fan equipped with roller `bearings embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section substantially on the line 22 `of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section Von the line 3 3 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one of my improved roller bearings as applied to a c onnecting rod. l i

Fig; 5`i's`a'section on Fig. 4. t

Fig. 6 is a'view similar to Fig. 4 showing va. slightlymodified form of bearing,

Fig.7 is'a section on the line 7`7 of Fig. A

My bearing comprises a fiat sheetmetal 4 frame A, preferably in the form of afring 'B split at one point in its circumference, as

at C. The ring carries, or is provided with, inwardly extendin radial rejections D which extend inwa'r ly from t e ring toward the center thereof. These projections D carry rigid bearing pins 'E at' theirl inner ends upon which rollers F are'rotatably mounted. The pins E are madel smaller where they pass through the arms D, thus providing shoulders for properly mounting them in the arms. These rollers are lrelatively large in diameter in the form 0f my bearing which I have illustrated, this large diameter of roller being made possible by the fact that I preferably use a small total number of rollers in constructing a bearing, in the form shown three of the rollers F being used.

Preferably the split in the ring B is located midway between two of the rollers F and where the bearing is used on a connecting rod the ring is provided with an outwardly extending projection G at a diametrically opposite point to which a piston may be pivotally attached. The ends of the ring B are preferably bent at a right angle to the plane of the ring to form lugs H, and these lugs are perforated to receive an adjusting screw J for drawing the ends toward each other for ad'usting the size of the bearing to fit the sha t or journal upon whichit is used. One ofthe lugs H is threaded to fit be removed.' an

the screw, and l provide a jam nut K to secure the adjusting screw against rotation once it. is adjusted.

Figs. l and 2 illustrate the application of my improved rollerbearing to the construc-v tion of a motor driven fan., s e l The fan has a casing L at its upper end 1n which a shaft M is mounted carryingonone? end the wing fan N: The shaft is supported in; ikWQ of my-` bearings which are" lfnio'unted rigidlyin thecasing, the ring of they bearing irreachc'ase 'being provided'ivitli two holes," for receiving screws O for mounting the"4 bearingshas, best shown in lfig. 3. I Y

The shaft isdriveirby a piston Pmounted Within a I,cylinder Q below the shaft, the

` piston being connected to onerof my bearings by a long connecting rod R which is preferably formed integrally with the frame of the bearing. Theshaft operates a displacer KS which carries a piston rod T guided which are, connected with the listen Aand the displacer are carried on suita le crank pins U and V respectively, vtermed on the shaft M. One of thebearings, which is4 mounted in :4 the casing,jserves as a thrust bearing to hold the shaft against'endwise displacement, the Shaft being provided with suitable fixedcollars Wv andjwhicli are adapted to contact with the.i'lathsde'sT of thefrollers 'F within the inner endscf the arms D,

In mountiiiginy bearings upon a shaft, ycranked or stral ht', the adjusting screwsE can d the 'shaft can be passed through, thev o'enin in the ring and between two, of t e ro 1ers F,l the ring being capable of openng-suiiiciently for this purpose. Y

After the shaft is in placev between the three rollers the ring is contracted by the adjusting lscrew thereby drawing two of the rollers toward each other and forcing the shaft toward the third or middle roller until vthe rollersare in. proper running contact Athat whether the thrust is transmitted from the piston; rod to the shaft or from the shait to the connecting rod it is passed through one of the rollers F substantially radially or toward the` pin upon which it is mounted and consequently the strain has the least tendency to distort the bearing.

.tions or. anms- Y between which the. rollers A'llheffir'st form of bearing describedis prekor' asinglepair of dies, itv being only necesrigid arm.

.described,Y s Lclaun as my invention:

In Figs. 6 and T I have shown a form of bearing` in which the split ring is preserved but the frame instead of' having a single inwardly extending projection for each roller is provided with pairs ot parallel projee- 70 `afre-ri,'gidly mounted at their ends in the inner ends of said pairs of arms Y.

. erred as. it is somewhat cheaper to manu- 2factup-Ie.v The frames for all three forms of 'the preferred form of bearing can be made by a single punchingjopera-tion and by means sary tofuse different widths of, sheet steel in 4makingthe three different forms1 viz: the

stationary bearing, the bearing with the short rigid arm, and the one with the long Y As many modiications of my invention -uwillreadily suggest themselves to one skilled in the art I do I iotlimit or confine my invention toztlie specific structures shownand l. A., roller bearing-comprising a resilient .split ring,.rigid radial arms extending, in

wardlyfvfrom4 the ring,` axially alined pins rigidly mounted on the inner ends of said arms,- rollersrotatably mounted on said pins adapted to surround ay jpurnal bearing, and tension means for closing saidv ring for adj justing the relative positions 0f said rollers to cause v.themto properlyfontact with a. 10G journal,l

2,1 ,A roller bearin comprising a onespiece resilentframe, in t efo'rm offa split ring,.

tension means connecting the ends of the ring for contracting saine, aseries of antifriction rollers carried byy said ring arranged concentrically around the axis thereof and adapted to. receive a journal between. their inner surfaces, two of said rollers being separable by. the expansion of the ring tov permit the bearing tofbe entered transversely' upon a journal.

3. A three point rollerA bearing comprising a resilient ring split at one point in its circumference, tension means connecting the 115 ends of the ring for contracting same, three anti-friction rollers carried by said ring at substantially equally circumferentially spaced points, said split inthe ring being arranged between two of said rollers whereby the expansion and. contraction of the ring separates said rollers and draws them closer together respectively.

4. A roller bearing comprising a fiat sheet metal ring split at one point of its circuinference,V the ends of the ring being bent up at. right angles to form oppositely disposed lugs, a screw connecting said lugs for closing said ring, anti-friction rollers carried by l Said ring equally spaced about the center 

